- 업종: Earth science
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An international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, and founded in 1936, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It provides information about soils in ...
Ice in the soil in insufficient quantity to be continuous, thus giving the soil an open, porous structure permitting the ready entrance of water.
Industry:Earth science
FeOOH An orange iron oxide mineral that is found in mottles and concretions of wet soils.
Industry:Earth science
Aridisols that have a calcic or petrocalcic horizon that has its upper boundary within 100 cm of the soil surface.
Industry:Earth science
Any relatively sunken part of the Earth's surface; especially a low-lying area surrounded by higher ground. A closed depression has no natural outlet for surface drainage (e.g. a sinkhole). An open depression has a natural outlet for surface drainage.
Industry:Earth science
Animal and vegetative materials added to the soil of recognizable origin.
Industry:Earth science
Layer silicate type which has no intracrystalline swelling capacity in the presence of water.
Industry:Earth science
A test in which the soil specimen is laterally confined in a ring and is compressed between porous plates.
Industry:Earth science
Any material that contains rhizobia able to nodulate leguminous plants of interest. Contrast with rhizobia free.
Industry:Earth science
Areas so altered or obstructed by urban works or structures that identification of soils is not feasible.
Industry:Earth science
